Text Expression

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Purpose

This generator produces values from an expression composed of constant parts and function calls.

The value generated for an expression is evaluated for each record by replacing the function calls in the expression by their values.

For example, the function call RANGE(a,b) returns a numeric value between the value of a and the value of b.

Suppose we have an expression which is

 "ABCD" RANGE(1,10) "EFG"

then its evaluation will be done in three parts: a constant ABCD, a random number between 1 and 10 and a constant EFG.

Possible sequence of generated values for this expression could be:

ABCD2EFG
ABCD10EFG
ABCD3EFG
ABCD2EFG
ABCD6EFG

Configuration

The configuration of an Expression rule is done only by writing the text of the expression. Every occurence of a known function's name with appropriate parameters will be replaced by the value of the function call each time the expression is iteself evaluated.

If you want to generate a word that is a function name without it being interpreted as a function call, just use the prefix '\', such as in ABCD\RANGE(1,10)EFG.

To learn how work all the available function visit the Expression Functions page.

Samples

"1 " DEC(3) "-" DEC(3) "-" DEC(3)

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